Each Arab columnist who wrote an opinion in the past three or four decades underwent the experience of sitting in front of his desk and bracing to write his piece, only to realize that there is no worthy news for him to comment on. These days however, there are too many pieces of news, of which I will select the following: - As far as I remember, I have always opposed the death penalty, except in cases of children's killing or rape. Today, I wish to add another exception: the party responsible for the Goota massacre that left around 1,000 dead victims, including women and children, must be executed. Hanging the criminal or shooting him would be too merciful. I think that he deserves to be crucified on one of the gates of Damascus and be left to bleed out and die after days of suffering. Ghoota is God's heaven on earth as it has water, greenery, and beauty. I once said that the women of Damascus are the fairest; but today, the Syrian women are paying the price of their beauty through molestation, rape and children marriages. - Hosni Mubarak has been released from prison, while the MB leaders are now locked. This is a form of divine justice to speak in MB terms. I am quite familiar with the former president. I know him more than those who accused him of corruption. Mubarak used to think that he made a sacrifice by accepting to become president and that he served his country and shielded it from failed military adventures. He did not need to pile up billions of dollars abroad, maybe because he expected to live for a hundred more years and to see 200 million Egyptians marching behind his coffin. Corruption did prevail, but Hosni Mubarak was not corrupted. Then came the charge of incitement to kill the protestors in the Tahrir Square. Incitement is the Brotherhood's job and profession. The president that have known since 1983 would never tell the Minister of Interior Habib al-Adili "kill the protestors." This is impossible. All what he could have said is, "throw these kids out of the Tahrir Square." - During this present century's first decade, the Ahmed Nazif government realized an economic miracle in Egypt, according to the figures of the International Monetary Fund. However, corruption prevented the outcomes of this miracle from reaching the people. Around the same time, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his party, the Justice and Development, realized an even bigger miracle in Turkey. Yet, Erdogan experienced a setback recently. Following an unjustified confrontation with the people opposing the construction of a mall in a park at the heart of Istanbul, he started to issue some weird statements concerning Egypt. He was probably afraid that he would meet Mohammad Morsi's fate. He started to allude to a potential Israeli part played in the Egyptian coup and he denied the occurrence of a popular revolution. In other words, he accused the armed forces of treason. All the Egyptians are patriotic and they are against Israel. As for his buddies from the Muslim Brotherhood, the only good foreign relations they had while in power were with Israel and America. - Islamic preacher Safwat Hegazi was captured in the Siwa Oasis while trying to flee to Libya. I had only heard of the man's name in the past. I then heard him make a hostile speech at the Rabaa al-Adawiya Square, when he made death threats and said that "whoever sprays Morsi with water will be sprayed with blood." The readers must underline the fact that Hegazi was trying to flee to Libya where the terrorist gangs are roaming the grounds. We are currently expecting a fatwa from Hegazi concerning the killing of the security men in Sinai. - I have indicated on several occasions that tapping people's calls, emails, and other forms of electronic communication in the USA is illegal and anti-constitutional. I recently read that Judge John Bates, the Head of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, issued a secret decision in 2011, indicting that the National Security Agency's spying on people is anti-constitutional. President Barack Obama was a professor of American Constitution at the most prestigious American universities. He cannot claim to be an "idiot" like George W. Bush. I will say no more. [email protected]
